I am grateful to the citizens of Lexington and Woburn for re-electing me to the Massachusetts House of Representatives. It continues to be a real honor and privilege to serve, although I continue to have major concerns about the challenges we face. High on the list of challenges is the many divisions in our country, [...]

At last, Election Day is finally upon us! We’re all eagerly awaiting the end of the long and arduous journey that is the 2016 election. While most of you are focused on the Presidential race, I would be remiss if I didn’t ask for your vote for State Representative. While I am unopposed, I am [...]

Representative Jay Kaufman’s award winning public policy forum, “OPEN HOUSE,” takes another in-depth look at an upcoming ballot question, this time #4, legalizing the use of recreational marijuana in “A Look at the Ballot Question on Legalized Marijuana.” The forum, the third of the 22nd [...]Read Full Article →

Question 2 on the November ballot is a proposal to increase the number of charter schools in Massachusetts.

The arguments for charter schools are a) they give parents some choice about where to school their children and b) they hold out the promise of competition to improve the quality of schooling in Massachusetts. For parents [...]

Representative Jay Kaufman invites all interested residents join him at his next office hours on Friday, October 28th, from 8:00AM-9:00AM in the Engineering & Conference Room, lower floor at Woburn City Hall, located at 10 Common Street, Woburn. Come by to discuss policy, raise questions, address concerns, or simply chat. Representative Kaufman represents parts of Woburn and [...]

There will be four ballot initiatives before us when we vote on November 8. In all cases, voters are being asked to address issues that the legislature has failed to take up. I find this very disturbing and disappointing. We have a system of representative democracy precisely because complex policy matters are best resolved through [...]

“How Safe Are You as a Consumer? A Look at the U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau”

Representative Jay Kaufman’s award winning public policy forum, “OPEN HOUSE,” launches its 22nd season with an informative look at consumer protection and safety in a conversation with a senior official of [...]Read Full Article →

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G.B. Shaw

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Cornel West

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Edmund Burke

We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we cannot have both.

U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out because I was not a trade unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak for me.

Pastor Martin Niemoller

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Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever did.

Margaret Mead

Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will.